Deputy President William Ruto is consolidating his Kisii support days after ODM leader Raila Odinga embarked on an aggressive campaign to firm up his grip of the region. DP Ruto's allies led by Kisii Deputy governor Joash Maangi and at least five elected MPs from the region on Thursday held a meeting within tens of politicians from Kisii and Nyamira counties in Nairobi. Maangi said the meeting was convened by leaders from Gusii to discuss "the social economic issues affecting the region". The team will soon traverse the region to collect views that will form the key cog of the leaders negotiations with the DP ahead of next year's election. Ruto is expected to hold a meeting with the leaders from the community in the coming weeks once they firm up their proposals in his bottom-up economic model.

Source: The Star July 09, 2021 09:00 UTC